Team Chemistry

by Casey Jacobsen Some basketball aficionados believe that good team chemistry is one of the most crucial components of a winning team. Others claim that it’s overrated and too often used as an excuse to explain why a talented team doesn’t reach their potential. So which side is right? To better answer this question, it might benefit us to attempt to define what team chemistry is. I’ve played this game for a long time and have experienced both sides of this chemistry coin. Let’s get one myth out of the way from the start: Team chemistry has little to do with whether guys like each other.  In my opinion, whether guys went to dinner with one another on the road had no affect, positive or negative, on that team’s ability to win basketball games. You don’t have to be buddies with your teammates or your coach. That type of team chemistry is highly overrated. A team with real chemistry is one who uses the strengths of each respective individual on the roster (including coaches) while at t...